Friday, October 8, 2010

"Well... we don't use the same body more than once, I know that. Some people think we come back as another person or maybe an animal. Some people think after you die your spirit moves on to someplace else, like heaven."

Huh, I remember when my girls used to refer to people as being black, white, brown, yellow, red, even blue. They used hair color as the best way to describe other people. I can't remember when they began to notice skin color but it made me a little sad. I know it's part of growing up and only natural to observe the similarities and differences in the people around you.

Bob seems, in his infinite wisdom, to notice the similarities over the differences. Good for you Bob!

Hey, I feel heartened that you too use the "some people think" construction. I do it to keep my cynical, when you-re dead, you're dead views away from my child. Because, after all, it's not like I KNOW I'm right, and it's so much nicer to think I'm not. That said, I can't lie. Thus "many people believe..." If it works to raise up Bob, it's got to be a decent strategy.